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enGertrude Stein: Why Her Fascist Politics Matterhttp://www.thejewishweek.com/blogs/well_versed/gertrude_stein_why_her_fascist_politics_matter
<p>Gertrude Stein&rsquo;s collaboration with the fascist Vichy government was never a secret.&nbsp; But, until now, many have simply ignored it; or, to use the critic Frederic Jameson&rsquo;s phrase, given over to the &ldquo;innocence of intellectuals.&rdquo;&nbsp; Stein&rsquo;s avid support for Petain, the Nazi collaborator who headed the Vichy government, has often been written off as merely the tragic consequence of many a brilliant artists.&nbsp; What mattered was her prose, not her politics.</p>
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